Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28722, William Etz, New York

SERVICE
New York
Ets, William
NUMBER
S. 28722
Born N. Y. State
CONTENTS

4473
19 New York
William Etz
Tully in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Vanberry of the Regt. commanded by Col Clyde in the New York line for 19 months —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of January 1833 and sent to W. B. Blandford Homer N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 — $ 94.99 3/4 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 33  31.66 3/4
$126.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Job Brownell Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 84

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. —
State of New York
Onondago County } on this eleventh day of September personally appeared in open court before the Court of Chancery held for the State of New York at the village of Onondaga in the County of Onondaga before Daniel Mosely, Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit. —
William Ely a resident of Tully in the County of Onondago, & State aforesaid, aged Sixty Nine Years, in March Eighteen hundred and Thirty two, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath Make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. —
That he entered the service of the United States under the following Named Officers, and served as herein stated — that in the Month of July Seventeen hundred and Seventy Nine he entered the service of the United States in the Army of the Revolution, in the Militia of the State of New York, as a Volunteer, under Captain Renear Vanvery, Lieutenant John Vanvery, & Ensign Cornelius Vanvery, at Canajoharie, in the County of Montgomery, & State of New York. Colonel Samuel Blyde commanded the Regiment, Major Abraham Coppersmith Christian Baur Adjutants belonged to the said Regiment. Captain Adam Ely, Captain George Cantrall, Captain Jacob Demendrof, & Captain John Baurman, Captain John M. Brown, belonged to the said Regiment — he was acquainted with Colonel Jacob Clark, who was out in the service, and lived in the Town of Palatine.

in said County, also, Colonel Frederick Fisher of Coeymans, and Colonel Volkert Vedder, and Major Isaac Kirk - he saw General Washington, at Fort Plain & at Stonarabie town , while, he was engaged in the Service - he was stationed at Fort Plank frequently, each and every Summer, for three years, also, at Fort Plain both Fort, were in Canajoharie, he was stationed at Fort Dayton, in Herkimer some of the time, in the County of Herkimer, he was stationed at a Picket Fort, in Stonarabie, Montgomery County, some of the above time - he was stationed at Greys Hill in Fort Elyse, in said County some of the time - he was at Fort Elke, with Lieutenant Page, who belonged to the Continental service - he was some connected connected with Major Marl at Fort Plain who belonged, (he thinks) to Continental service - he was acquainted with Colonel Marinus Willet, & Major Andrew Fish at Fort Plain in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty two - he furnished his Arms and Equipments, during the whole time, he frequently furnished his own Provisions when out in scouting parties, after the Indians & Tories - he states, that he believes, and knows that he was in the Service aforesaid, as a Volunteer, under the Above Captain Lieutenant, and Ensign, Tannery's, aforesaid til the first of September Seventeen hundred and Eighty two - having served honestly and faithfully, as a Soldier, the full term of one Year and Eight Months, one of the above time - he, in the Winter Months remained at home, but, was always ready at a ready at a Moment's warning - he was born in March, in the Town of Canajoharie Montgomery County & State of New York, in the Year Seventeen hundred and Sixty three - the Record of his Age is burnt up he says, in Fort Plain Meeting House, in the time of the Revolutionary War - he lived in Canajoharie aforesaid when called into the Service - from Canajoharie, he moved to the Town of Sharon in the County of Schoharie, & State

of New York - from Sharon he removed to Pueblo in the County of Cortland in said State - from Pueblo to the Town of Tully, in Onondaga County, in said State, where he now resides - he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present - one, and declares, that his Name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State - William Ely Subscribed and sworn before
on Sept 30 th 1832
Levi B. Mansfield Justice Peace
Sworn this 11. Sep. 1832
before me Daniel Mosley Circuit Justice
We Matthew Harrison a clergyman and John B. Phelps residing in Pueblo hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Ely who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in the opinion Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me 30 th 1832. before me Levi B. Mansfield Justice Peace John B. Phelps
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after put- ting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Depart- ment, that the above named applicant was a revolution- ary Soldier, and served as he stated. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Matthew Harrison who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Pueblo, and that John B. Phelps who has signed the same is a resident in the Town of Pueblo, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit - Daniel Mosley Vice Chancellor

Deputy I Daniel T. Moseley Clerk of the Court of Chancery for the State of  State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Ely for a Pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 11 th day of September 1882
Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk
State of New York Courtland County Clerks Office ss
I Samuel Hotchkiss Junior Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Courtland aforesaid do hereby certify that Leyret Vanfield Esquire before whom the preceding Declaration of William Ely is subscribed and sworn to, and before whom the preceding Certificate of Matthew Harrigan, Clergyman, residing in the Town of Poble, and Jacob B. Phelps, residing in the Town of Poble was at the time therein mentioned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Courtland aforesaid, and duly authorized by Law to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature of Leyret Vanfield subscribed to the same is original - in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official seal this first day of Sept -ember A.D. 1832
Samuel Hotchkiss Jr. C.M.

1 st Brief
N o 10726.
William Utz
14.16
detail of ledger reg d
13 Sep 1832
24 Dec
P 126.
J. B. Canfield Homer N.Y.

No 10726.
BRIEF in the cause of William Fitz of Sullivan, County of Orange - in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In Open Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
_____
3. How old is he?
69 Years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     July In 1779. 1. 8. As a Volunteer. Gen. Capt R. Vanbruy P. Col. P. Clyd. etc.  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
_____
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Cairohane, County of Montgomery, New York.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By two living witnesses.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They appear to be in due form.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ad
Examining Clerk.

28 7 22
Rev INVALID.
File No. 28 7 22
William Etz
Rev Rev War
Act: June 1 82
Index:—Vol. 3 ; Page 126
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York Montgomery County
WE Anthony Ehle & John Van Alstine of the town of Canajoharie in the County of Montgomery & State of New York being duly sworn do certify & declare upon oath - And firstly the said Anthony Ehle for himself deposes he was born in November Eighteen thousand seven hundred and sixty two in the town Canajoharie aforesaid where he has resided ever since that he said deponent is well acquainted with William Ely of the town of Tully in the County of Onondaga in the state of New York who contemplates applying for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That said deponent resided from his infancy until he was about thirty years old within about a quarter of a mile of said William and has often seen the said William since the expiration of the said thirty years on his occasional return to the said town of Canajoharie from the western part of this state where this deponent has understood the said William to reside - Said deponent was according to his best recollection about four months older than said William & was enrolled with said William in the company of Militia commanded by Captain Pieter Van Ely Lieutenant John Van Ely and Ensign Cornelius Van Ely in the same year towards the four part of the year Eighteen hundred and twenty nine. That deponent and said William were often during the four following years of the revolutionary war called into actual service for longer or shorter terms in guarding the forts along the valley of the Mohawk towards Fort Plain, Fort Plain & other places & in scouting parties and this deponent verily believes that the aggregate of the time that deponent & said William were there in actual service equaled at least one year and that the time actually lost in each one & in preparing therefor & returning therefrom did not fall short of

eighteen months - Said deponent further states that said William is present whilst this deponent is making affidavit to the above statement and is the same person this deponent alludes to in said statement - And the said John Van Alstine for himself saith under oath that he is seventy six years old that he said deponent was born and has always since resided within a mile of the aforesaid birth place of the said William Ely. that said deponent was intimately acquainted with the said William from his infancy until he removed from the said town of Canajoharie which deponent thinks was about forty years ago - that he has since that time retained a perfect recollection of said William & is now familiarly acquainted with him having since his removal as aforesaid often seen him on visits at said Canajoharie - said deponent was a member of the same Company alluded to in the aforesaid statement of Anthony Ehle knows that said William was also a member of said company and must according to the best recollection of said deponent have belonged to the same the greatest portion of the revolutionary war and this deponent firmly believes that the time of Brown mentioned in the aforesaid statement of Anthony Ehle does not exceed does not exceed the reality. And might fairly be estimated at eighteen months -
Subscribed & sworn to this 13 th day of August 1832 before me
John his Van Alstine Mark Anthony Ehle
W m Dunning Justice of the Peace of the Court of Montgomery
I certify that John Van Alstine & Anthony Ehle are persons of credibility & reputable in their neighbourhood Canajoharie December 19 th 1832
W m Dunning Justice Peace

State of New York Montgomery County Clerk's office. 3 rd .
I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Montgomery aforesaid, do hereby certify, that John Kennemings, Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit of John Van Alstine & Anthony Ehle purports to have been taken was at the time therein mentioned a justice of the peace of the county of Montgomery aforesaid, duly authorized by law to act as such: And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said justice and only believe the signature "J n Kennemings" subscribed thereto is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 14 th day of August A.D. 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson

I certify that William Ely is a man of truth and veracity, and that his character stands fair as such, in the neighborhood where he lives, & that I have been well acquainted with him for twelve years past
Luzon Hambleton Easton
10720.

Cortland County State of New York } personally appeared before me } the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Cortland, William Ely, who being duly sworn, deponeth and saith, that by reason of old age general disability, and the consequent loss of Memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following parts for the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy Eight, fifteen days - for the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Nine, two Months and fifteen days, - for the year Seven- -teen hundred and Eighty - for the year Seventeen hundred  and Eighty one , Six Months - for the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty one, Six Months - for the year Seven- -teen hundred and Eighty two, at least Six Months as he justly believes - his Brother Adam Ely was killed at Canajoharie in July Seventeen hundred & Eighty two, when this deponent was on duty, by the In- -dians - he says he served all the above time as a Private Soldier, in the Militia of the State of New York in the Army of the Revolution - he says, that Henry Brown, of the Town of Whittem in the County of Cortland & State of New York - Jabez B. Phelps, Thomas Howard Amos Steel, Daniel Vanatta, Cyrus Harris, Cornel Martin Phelps, Joseph Groats Esquire, of the Town of Poble, in said County & State, Peter Binnet Samuel Hein, William M. Allen Esq. of the Town of

Tulley in the County of Onondago. The State of said can Testify as to his character for truth and veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution, and for such service I claim a Pension — This deponent says, that he was regularly admitted as a Member of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Town of Syracuse hundred and Eighty four in the Town of Canajoharie aforesaid, was a Deacon in the same tree. Yes — that he removed to the Town of Skene- -ron in the County of Schoharie, in the State of New York, and was a Member of the Dutch Reformed Church there, also a Deacon there, for four years, in the said Church — and that, when he removed to the Town of Poble in said State, he joined a Congregational Church, which is now extant there, & was one of the Deacons of said Church about five years — and that, he removed away from Poble, in the Month of May last, to the Town of Tulley, where he now resides — and he further says, that he has always been of regular stand- -ing, in all the Churches to which he has been attached
Sworn and subscribed before me this 25 th day of December 1882
William Ely
Just B. Canfield Justice Peace & certify that William Ely is a Man of strict truth and veracity, and respectable in his neighbourhood, & have been well acquainted with him for Sixteen years past — Just B. Canfield Justice — Cortland County Clerk's office ss. I certify that Justice B. Canfield Esq before whom the above affidavit of William Ely purports to have been sworn. was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in for said County duly Commissioned and sworn his acts therefor in that capacity are to be regarded as such
Witness my hand and the seal of said County this 27 day of Dec. 1882 Samuel H. Chickie Jr. Clerk

Dr. G. In compliance with the request accompanying the enclosed affidavit I return the same with my certificate & hope it may find an old revolutionary soldier to whom he is so justly entitled —
Yours Respectfully J. B. Cumming
To General B. Cumming Esq.
Canajoharie Dec r 19: 1882
55

Pal Br Dec 20
12 1/4 Under the 12 1/4
Lizur B. Canfield Esquire
Homer
Northampton County
as entered 1904.61
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